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Comment by Kataya

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Comment by Wowowee

A little over 1% armor ignore for each of these gems you have socketed because 15.39 ArP Rating ignores 1% of an enemy's armor.

As a hunter, I can see a Marksmanship hunter benefiting more from stacking these gems. However, myself being BM, I would not stack these because ArP only increases the Hunter's damage whereas AP/Agi will affect both the hunter's and pet's damage output.

Comment by m1k3yb

While I agree with your theory, I think the overall damage output is greater with more ArP (supposing, of course, that your Agi is adequate). As a BM hunter, I too always wanted more and more agility and AP, but with the new system and ArP, I would definitely choose a +16 ArP gem over +16 agility.

Comment by meandog

Should be more valuable when 3.1 comes out. Armor pen is getting 25% increase and arms warriors (especially mace spec) will be getting even more buff from ArP. Get 'em now before the patch comes out.

Comment by synistrad

if you want to go whit arms spec to a instance or raid then u gonna need alot of this one unless u are laking hit

Comment by ZorbaTHut

Am I the only person who thinks it's a little weird that a jewelcrafter is needed to cut this gem? I mean, come on. Blacksmith Hammer + Scarlet Ruby = Fractured Scarlet Ruby. You do not need training for this.

Comment by rmziidx

After the 3.1 ArPen buff, this is looking to be one of the top DPS gems for rogues, and combat rogues in particular, perhaps even beating out AP/Agi gems depending on your particular gear/spec.

Comment by Allyse

These seem to be the best choice for DPS ferals at the moment.I got a ~120 DPS increase when I changed my agility gems to these.

Comment by sephro

Just wondering how would these gems be for a DK?

Comment by highwind123

Any idea why armor penetration rating is a red colored gem ?Every other gem which gives ratings is yellow.

Comment by baldbix76

Soo...am i to understand that as a fury warrior, I would also benefit from ArP, as well as arms?

Comment by Valkir

any ideas if enh shamans would benefit from these?

Comment by Zodiac025

Arms Warrior PvP'ers: This is the BEST gem to use for every socket of your gear. By stacking ArP, you will do considerably more DPS against Heavy armor classes (Plate/Mail), than if you used the Bold Scarlet Ruby. You will do slightly less damage against light armor wearers (Mage/Priest/Warlock), but generally you don't see them in high level Arena PvP.

Hope this helped ^-^

P.S. Get Jewelcrafting up to 400 for the ArP prismatic gems, then Blacksmithing or Engineering.